Michael
G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the 23rd
James Bond adventure, SKYFALL, announced today that the character of Q
will be making a welcome return to the Bond franchise and confirmed that
the role will be played by British actor Ben Whishaw.

Whishaw
becomes the fourth actor to play Bond’s quartermaster, affectionately
known as Q. The role began with Peter Burton as Major Boothroyd in DR. NO
followed by Desmond Llewelyn (in 17 Bond films between 1963-1999), and
John Cleese (who appeared as Q’s assistant, R, in THE WORLD IS NOT
ENOUGH and was later promoted to Q in DIE ANOTHER DAY).

Producers
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli commented, “It’s a real thrill
to confirm the return of Q in SKYFALL played by the enormously
talented, Ben Whishaw. We are delighted to have this beloved character
back in the series.”

Ben
Whishaw will be seen later this year in the film adaptation of David
Mitchell’s best selling novel, Cloud Atlas, alongside an all-star cast
including Tom Hanks, Jim Sturgess and Halle Berry, and in the BBC’s
Richard II. He will also be seen in the second series of The Hour for the
BBC, in which he stars opposite Dominic West. His films include roles in
Bright Star, The Tempest, Brideshead Revisited, I’m Not There, Stoned,
Layer Cake, Enduring Love, The Trench, Mauvaise Passé, and the lead roles
in My Brother Tom and Perfume opposite Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman. He
has also starred in the hugely popular BBC TV drama Criminal Justice which
saw him pick up the award for best actor at the 2009 Royal Television
Society Awards, Best Actor at the International Emmy Awards 2009 and was
nominated for Best Actor at the 2009 BAFTA Television Awards. He will
appear in Michael Grandage’s production of Peter and Alice in the title
role opposite Judi Dench in 2013.The first trailer for SKYFALL will be released on Monday
21st May at 8.30am BST.

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Producer
Michael G. Wilson confirms the title of the 23rd James Bond film is SKYFALL.Producers Michael G. Wilson and
Barbara Broccoli today presented the cast of the 23rd James Bond adventure,
entitled SKYFALL. The film, from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed
by Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, who returns
for his third film as James Bond 007. The screenplay is written by Neal
Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan. SKYFALL, which goes into
production on Monday, November 7th, will begin its worldwide roll-out in
the UK and Ireland on October 26th 2012 and in North America on November
9th 2012.

In SKYFALL, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested
as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must
track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

“We’re so delighted to have Sam Mendes
direct SKYFALL and be working once again with Daniel Craig. We’ve a
great script, an extraordinary cast and an incredibly talented creative
team for this latest James Bond adventure,” said Wilson and Broccoli.

The Director of Photography is Roger Deakins,
a nine-time Oscar® nominee who previously shot the films Jarhead and
Revolutionary Road for Mendes. The Production Designer is Oscar® winner
Dennis Gassner, who previously designed Quantum of Solace and collaborated
with Mendes on the films Road to Perdition and Jarhead. The Editor is
Stuart Baird, A.C.E., whose many credits include Casino Royale. Jany
Temime, whose many credits include the Harry Potter series, In Bruges, and
Children of Men, is the Costume Designer. Action specialist Alexander Witt
is the 2nd Unit Director. Gary Powell is Stunt Co-ordinator, Chris
Corbould is SFX Supervisor and Steve Begg is Visual Effects Supervisor,
all of whom have worked on previous Bond films.

-The cast is confirmed: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem (villain),
Bérénice Marlohe, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben
Wishaw. The first five are on stage.
The reason the press conference is being held in a central London hotel
and not Pinewood Studios is because shooting today is based around
Whitehall.
-Bérénice Marlohe will play ‘a glamorous, enigmatic character called
Severin’. The tabloid press actually got that one right. Confusion with
the villain’s name from the ‘Carte Blanche’ novel is bound to ensue,
despite confirmation that SKYFALL is not related to any existing Bond
property.
-Naomie Harris says she has spent two months training for her role. She
will play a field agent called Eve. No word of Miss Moneypenny being in
the film.
-Mendes responds to the tabloid chatter about his desire to scoop Oscar
nominations given his incredible cast. ”It’s not the reason you do a
movie and not the reason you do a Bond movie. For me, Bond movies are for
the audience and what happens afterwards is out of my hands.”
-Javier Bardem is talking. ”Who told you a villain is a bad person? For
me, it’s an honour to be at this table for many reasons. It will be fun
to do.”
-The budget for SKYFALL will be similar to ‘Quantum of Solace’ –
nothing will be cut back, and nothing in the script has been cut back from
their plans.
-The new girls have been busy honing their skills. Harris has been doing
Yoga three times a week, stunt driving, and firing machine guns – which
she loves – stunt training, jumping out of cars and running up and down
stairs. Marlohe has been shooting guns, too.-The press conference has concluded. The panel did
an great job of keeping everyone engaged for 30 minutes whilst still not
giving too much away about the film. Not a huge amount of surprise for
readers on the details revealed, except perhaps the Severin character name
which was largely thought of as tabloid bunkum.
-When the panel is asked if the reason why three character names have not
been revealed it is because fans would recognise them, the audience is
told the question is well phrased and hint that is exactly the reason.--Barbara Broccoli responds ”Definitely!” when
asked if Daniel Craig will do more Bond films after SKYFALL. Craig himself
says ”If I could do this for a few more years then I’ll be happy.”
It seems he will be on for Bond 24 at the very least.
-SKYFALL will be similar in tone to ‘Casino Royale’ – news which
will be received well by the vast majority of fans. Daniel Craig confirms
he does have a shirtless scene, too. Bond Girls rejoice.-When asked, Sam Mendes hopes to direct another Bond
movie ”if this goes well”. The title SKYFALL has an ‘emotional
meaning’ which will be revealed in the film. Quantum will not be
involved.

The next Bond will start in October or November. I’m
really excited about the script, it’s fantastic,” he says. Craig became a
household name after his debut as Bond in Casino Royale (2006), a fact he
accepts with modesty. “I was glad to know that Bond fans accepted me after
Pierce Brosnan, who was incredible as James Bond, he says.Pierce Brosnan James
Bond 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002.
Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies , The World Is Not Enough,Die Another Day

Jeffrey Wright has played Bond's CIA agent ally Felix Leiter in both
the Daniel Craig James Bond movies Casino Royale and
Quantum of Solace, but according to the character actor, he hasn't and
doesn't expect to be called back for the Sam Mendes ...Speaking
to Coming
Soon out at the Toronto International Film Festival, Wright revealed
that he hasn’t yet got the call for a return, despite production kicking
off in November. A little annoyingly the site doesn’t have direct quotes,
instead reporting;

Press Release
London, June 2, 2011 – MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment are delighted to
announce the UK release date for the eagerly anticipated 23rd
James Bond adventure will be Friday, 26th October, 2012 opening at the Odeon
Leicester Square and in cinemas across the UK and Ireland.

The film will open in the United States on November 9, 2012.

LOS ANGELES, CA (JANUARY 11, 2011) Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON
Productions, together with Gary
Barber and Roger Birnbaum, Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., today announced that the 23rd James Bond film will
commence production in late 2011 for a worldwide release on November 9, 2012.Daniel Craig will be returning as the legendary
British secret agent, with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal
Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/12/bond-23-daniel-craig-mgmKate Winslet next Bondgirl?

James Bond 23: India orders backtrack on
'illegal' rooftop train stunt: says guardian
Passengers asked to take their seats in rewritten version of new James
Bond film's planned action sequence
Gobinda actionscene on the train with Bond in Octopussy
1983

Freida Pinto, ends up being the new
Bond girl in "Bond 23". The Sun recently broke out that
executive producer Barbara Broccoli is eager to have the 24-year-old
joining the cast of the next installment for the 007 agent movie series,
and that Pinto has been invited to a screen test.

http://www.metro.co.uk/Shooting for the
movie could start as early as next summer, according to Deadline
Hollywood. The website reported that Sam Mendes has had to pull out of the
film The Hunger Games because he is getting ready to shoot Bond 23.
Daniel Craig is set to reprise his role as the womanising agent in the new
movie.
The future of the film was put in jeopardy after movie studio MGM - who
owns all the rights to the 007 series - was put on sale.Producer
Michael G Wilson said on the Bond website MI6: “Our timeline's a little
up in the air what with the situation at MGM, so we have to be flexible.
We just don't know enough about the situation to comment, but we know it's
uncertain.”Craig said previously: "I have
every confidence in Barbara [Broccoli , co-producer] and Michael's
decision and look forward to production resuming as quickly as possible."
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Bond 23 Delayed Indefinitely

007 producers, Michael G Wilson and BarbaraBroccoli
of EON Productions, today announced they have suspended development on
the next James Bond film previously scheduled for release 2011/2012.
"Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM
and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended
development on BOND 23 indefinitely. We do not know when development...

FRESH from his success as an intergalactic
Avatar, betting agencies are tipping Sam Worthington to slide into James
Bond's Aston Martin as the next 007.

The Australian hunk has become favourite, ahead of Will
Smith to replace Daniel Craig as the famed British spy on the big screen.

His interpretation of Corporal Jake Sully, a disabled soldier who falls in
love with an alien from Pandora in Avatar helped the James
Cameron film to overtake Titanic as the highest grossing film
ever.
Names being touted as his potential love interest as new Bond girls
include Britain's Cheryl Cole and Freida Pinto, who starred in Slumdog
Millionaire.

Worthington has also been mentioned as the man most
likely to reprise the role of Dracula in the next Hollywood incarnation of
the villain from Transylvania.

The only other Australian to play the hero, most
famously brought to life by Roger Moore and Sean Connery, was George
Lazenby. HERALDSSUN

James
Bond fans to name new 007 blockbuster.London: James Bond
fans are being urged to suggest the title of the 23rd blockbuster 007
film, scheduled to hit cinemas next year. Bosses at MGM have admitted that
they are running out of names based on the best-selling novels of Ian
Fleming.
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However, fans are lobbying studio executives to choose
between the names of two Fleming short stories with box office appeal.
And they've also come up with their own promo posters to show how good
they'd look.
One army of 007 fanatics is promoting Risico, originally written as part
of the For Your Eyes Only novelettes. It sees Bond being sent by M to
investigate a drug-smuggling operation based in Italy that is flooding
Britain with narcotics.

A rival group wants the next film to be called The Property Of A Lady,
another Fleming short story that sees Bond on the trail of a gorgeous
Russian double agent who has infiltrated our Secret Service.

A senior MGM executive said that director Sam Mendes has
been 'blown away' by creativity of the fans.

James Bond offered starring role in Versailles.
Parisian civil servants have tried to persuade 007's producers to set the 23rd
Bond adventure in the 17th-century château
Its overblown grandeur has been the setting
for many a period tale, from Stephen Frears's Dangerous Liaisons to
to Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Now the guardians of the nation's most
famous château want the Palace of Versailles to make its mark on a much wider
audience - by virtue of a starring role in a future James
Bond movie.

Parisian civil servants have gone so far as to write a
storyline for 007, aimed at luring series producers Eon to the 17th-century
palace. Scenarios might include Bond chasing through the palace after
environmental terrorists, or perhaps making his escape through gardens designed
according to the exacting tastes of Louis XIV.

"We want to give the producers some ideas, because it
would be great to have James in the magnificent decor of the château," Stéphane
Martinet, the deputy director of the Paris region film commission, told the
Times. "Producers tend to think of it as a setting for period movies, but
these are not the most profitable films these days. We would like to get across
the message that Versailles could be a location for all sorts of different
movies."

A total of 165 movies have been filmed at Versailles, the home
of French royalty from 1682 until the revolution of 1789. The palace has been
increasingly opened up to film-makers since the French government asked it to
manage its own budget a decade ago.

These recent changes have sparked anger among some
traditionalists, with opponents claiming that the château is being turned into
a theme park. But Mr Martinet said the initiative, which is part of a concerted
attempt by French authorities to lure movie-makers from Hollywood, could only
help boost tourism and create employment.

Crews who cannot afford Versailles's €16,000-a-day (£14,000)
rate can choose to shoot at an ordinary château for as little as €4,500. Last
year the government also introduced a 20% tax break for film-makers shooting in
France's stately homes.

Bond's 23rd adventure is set for
release next year, with Daniel
Craig reprising his role as the secret agent; the Oscar-winning
British film-maker Sam Mendes is to direct.

The producers of the next Bond film have approached Boyle to sing the title
tune.
The name is Boyle, Susan Boyle.

The Scottish star seems set to sing in the next James
Bond movie, joining Sean Connery
another famous Scottish star, to leave their mark on the James Bond franchise.

The producers of the new, as yet-unnamed Bond film, have approached Boyle
to sing the title tune of the new movie, the 23rd Bond production, which is
expected to be released in 2011.

Susan's fans have already joined in the effort. A full-fledged internet
campaign is under way to have the Scottish songstress belt out the opening
tune, like Shirley Bassey and other
leading stars have done in the past. There may even be a bit acting part,
according to reports.
Bond theme composer Monty Norman
told the Sunday Express: "She has the right kind of sweeping voice."
Susan would be the second great Scottish star from the Glasgow
to make her debut in Bond films. Sean Connery was the face and persona of
James Bond for many years and made the role famous. irishcentral.com

John Logan Screenwriter

SKYFALL'S CAST AND FILMMAKERS

ARRIVE ON
LOCATION IN ISTANBUL

-- Production in Istanbul Marks the 3rd Time in the
50-Year History of the James Bond Franchise That the City Has Served As a
Backdrop

(Istanbul,
April 29, 2012) -- Daniel Craig and cast and filmmakers ofSKYFALL, the 23rd adventure in the
longest-running film franchise of all time, have arrived in Istanbul,
Turkey.Their arrival marks
the third time a James Bond adventure has filmed in the historic city.Previously, Istanbul served as a backdrop for scenes inFROM
RUSSIA WITH LOVEandTHE
WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. SKYFALL locations in Turkey include Adana,
Fethiye and Istanbul. At a photo call and press conference today to
mark the occasion were producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli,
director Sam Mendes, and cast members Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe,
and Ola Rapace.

InSKYFALL,
Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her.
As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the
threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Albert R. Broccoli’s EON
Productions presents Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming’s James Bond in
SKYFALL. The film also stars Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie
Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, with Albert Finney and Judi Dench
as ‘M.’ Directed by Sam Mendes. Produced by Michael G.
Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. Written by Neal Purvis & Robert
Wade and John Logan. Director of Photography is Roger Deakins, ASC
BSC. Production Designer is Dennis Gassner. Editor is Stuart
Baird, A. C. E. Costume Designer is Jany Temime.
The film will begin its worldwide roll-out in the UK and Ireland on October 26th2012 and
in North America on November 9th 2012.For local release date, consult your local distributor.

Editors
Notes: Photographs/Skyfall - Istanbul photo call, press
conference and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE images are available for download in
the U.S. at www.sonypicturespublicity.com.For all other International locations, please contact your local
territory office.

About EON
Productions:

EON
Productions Limited and Danjaq LLC are wholly owned and controlled by the
Broccoli/Wilson family. Danjaq is the US based company that
co-owns, with MGM, the copyright in the existing James Bond films and
controls the right to produce future James Bond films as well as all
worldwide merchandising. EON Productions, an affiliate of
Danjaq, is the UK based production company which makes the James Bond
films. The 007 franchise is the longest running in film
history with twenty-two films produced since 1962. Michael G Wilson
and Barbara Broccoli succeeded Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and have
produced some of the most successful Bond films ever including CASINO
ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE. They are currently producing the 23rd film,
SKYFALL.

About
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NOTES ABOUT PREVIOUS FILMs IN ISTANBUL

From Russia With Love,
1963

·The film was shot
on location in Istanbul in 1963 and includes lots of sweeping scenes of
the City. James Bond visits the airport, the railway station, the Grand
Bazaar, Hagia Sophia and sails down the Bosphorus.

·During production
in 1963 Ian Fleming took Dana Broccoli sightseeing on a boat on the
Bosphorus. Ian Fleming had a great knowledge of the city as he had
been on an assignment as a journalist the year before. He based the
character Kerim Bey on his friend, Oxford-educated, Nazim Kalkaren.

·In Cubby
Broccoli’s autobiography (The Man Who Brought James Bond 007 to the
Screen), he says that in Istanbul, Ian was in his element. “He loved the
sounds, the spicy smells, the bazaars, the street merchants and the belly
dancers…”

·The crew were
shooting in Turkey for 22 days 22nd April
- 13th May
1963

·On
the 29th and
30th April the
crew were shooting the exterior of a narrow alley and outside the Sehzade
Mosque, at night